Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: R. P. Tripp. 1954. Caradocian trilobites from the mudstones at Craighead Quarry, near Girvan, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 62(3):655-693
Belongs to Amphilichas according to R. P. Tripp 1954
Sister taxa: Amphilichas antiquarius, Amphilichas aspratilis, Amphilichas atavus, Amphilichas conradi, Amphilichas cucullus, Amphilichas dalecarlicus, Amphilichas declivis, Amphilichas effnensis, Amphilichas halli, Amphilichas holmi, Amphilichas laevis, Amphilichas latifrons, Amphilichas lineatus, Amphilichas minganensis, Amphilichas nasutus, Amphilichas panoplos, Amphilichas parvulus, Amphilichas periformis, Amphilichas shergoldi, Amphilichas subdisjunctus, Amphilichas subpunctatus, Amphilichas wahlenbergi, Acrolichas prominulus, Kerakephalichas rhinoceros
Type specimen: A.3739a, b, c, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Craighead Quarry, which is in a Caradoc marine mudstone in the Craighead Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Craighead Quarry
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